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Filling Up and Emptying

Use the data about stadium and arena capacities on page 319 to solve Problems 1–10 on pages 320–322. Remember to show the equations you use to solve the problems. You should be able to do most of these problems mentally.

In Problems 1–3, people are going to a sold-out basketball game at the Golden State Arena.

• 1 The game starts at 7:30 P.M. At 7:00 P.M., 9,000 people are in their seats. How many people are not yet in their seats?

• 2

  • a. At 7:45 P.M., 5,000 more people have arrived and are in their seats. How many people are now in their seats?

  • b. How many people are not yet in their seats?

• 3 At 8:00 P.M., all but 1,500 people are in their seats. How many people are now in their seats?

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